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  • January 2008 (Revised May 2008)
  • Case

Subprime Meltdown: American Housing and Global Financial Turmoil

By: Julio Rotemberg
This case focuses on the financial difficulties faced in the U.S. from August to December 2006 as well as their roots in subprime lending. After briefly discussing how mortgages were structured and traded in the pre-1990 period, it describes subprime mortgage lending,... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Central Banking; Financial Markets; Mortgages; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; United States
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    Emil N. Siriwardane

    Emil Siriwardane is an associate professor of business administration in the Finance Unit.

    Professor Siriwardane’s research studies the ways in which financial intermediaries influence capital markets, how perceptions of risk impact business cycles,... View Details

    • February 2019 (Revised March 2019)
    • Case

    Banorte and the Capital Call Facility: Infrastructure Finance in Mexico

    By: John D. Macomber, Carla Larangeira and Fernanda Miguel
    As a result of Mexico´s pension industry deregulation, pension funds were able to invest in energy and infrastructure projects through a variety of financial instruments, particularly through Capital Development Certificates (CKDs), an asset class that served as a... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Products; Fund Management; Capital Call Facility; Pension Funds; Infrastructure; Energy; Finance; Decision Making; Investment Funds; Financial Instruments; North America; Mexico
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    • December 2017 (Revised June 2021)
    • Case

    Tesla's Bid for SolarCity

    By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Raaj Zutshi
    In October 2016, Tesla asked its shareholders to ratify their $2.4 billion bid for SolarCity. Tesla had announced a series of large projects in the preceding months including the unveiling of the Model 3, the new Solar Roof, and pushing forward the opening of the... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business and Shareholder Relations; Project Finance
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    • 2011
    • Article

    Too Big to Live: Why We Must Stamp Out State Monopoly Capitalism

    The problems of excessive economic concentration, so lucidly and incisively analysed here, are not limited to the financial services industry. For the problem is now widespread: while five firms control 80% of the banking industry, a similar or greater concentration is... View Details
    Keywords: Economic Systems; Monopoly
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    • 11 Apr 2023
    • Op-Ed

    The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone

    lab, on the production line, and in the field. And that’s where you will invariably find raw talent that’s been hidden by nervous bosses who haven’t wanted to credit the people who are really doing the work. Work with the human resources... View Details
    Keywords: by John Quelch
    • Web

    About - Case Method Project

    History of American Democracy, developed mainly for undergraduates. The course quickly became one of the highest-rated classes at Harvard College. Students described the teaching method as highly engaging and credited it with helping them... View Details
    • 07 Apr 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: April 7, 2009

    a self-reported measure. Overall, we find that debt literacy is low: only about one-third of the population seems to comprehend interest compounding or the workings of credit cards. Even after controlling for demographics, we find a... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Web

    The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

    the Corporate Image Gary Works Photograph Album Resources Research Links Films & TV Bibliography From the Director Site Credits Special Collections Search Exhibition Introduction The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion... View Details
    • Web

    FAQs - Alumni

    your class's Reunion Gift Campaign will be credited automatically to that effort. We encourage alumni to give annually, including during reunion years, to the HBS Fund , which plays an essential role in sustaining the School 's core... View Details

      Samuel G. Hanson

      Samuel G. Hanson is the William L. White Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Faculty Affiliate of the Harvard Economics department. He teaches Finance 1... View Details

      Keywords: asset management; banking; brokerage; federal government; financial services; investment banking industry
      • 19 Sep 2023
      • HBS Case

      How Will the Tech Titans Behind ChatGPT, Bard, and LLaMA Make Money?

      Microsoft also deserves a lot of credit for making a decision to work with OpenAI and getting access to leading technology that they can integrate both into their applications and as a way to sell cloud computing services. But what's... View Details
      Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology

        Robert C. Merton

        Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

        Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

        Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
        • Web

        Courses - Entrepreneurship

        total enterprise. There are a variety of entrepreneurship related elective courses to choose from. Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits 5 Technologies that Will Change the World Shikhar Ghosh Spring 2024 Q3Q4 3.0 The American... View Details
        • 01 Nov 2021
        • What Do You Think?

        How Long Does It Take to Improve an Organization’s Culture?

        any kind of change. "Are Nadella and Microsoft the exception to the rule?" Exhibit A is CEO Satya Nadella, who is credited with leading the reshaping of Microsoft’s culture. In 2014, he found an organization that, among other things, had... View Details
        Keywords: by James Heskett
        • 2022
        • Article

        Regulatory Treatment of Changes in Fair Value and the Composition of Banks' Investment Portfolios

        By: Michael Iselin, Jung Koo Kang and Joshua Madsen
        In their implementation of Basel III, U.S. bank regulators are again including changes in the fair value of available-for-sale (AFS) debt securities in Tier 1 capital, but only for the largest U.S. banks. This paper investigates a potential impact of expanding this... View Details
        Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; SFAS 115; Basel III; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Banks and Banking; Debt Securities; Credit; Risk and Uncertainty; Investment Portfolio; Decision Making; Banking Industry; United States
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        • 21 Jul 2010
        • Research & Ideas

        HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

        stubbornly high. To fight these forces, we need appropriate risk-taking and credit extension to fuel economic growth. This regulation creates safeguards, but it may in fact discourage and impede these activities. Regulators need to think... View Details
        Keywords: by Staff
        • Web

        Finance - Faculty & Research

        "Heterogeneous Beliefs and Stock Market Fluctuations." Working Paper, June 2025. (WFA Brattle Group Ph.D. Award for Outstanding Research.) Blackstone Credit and Delaware Basin Resources By: Victoria Ivashina and Srimayi Mylavarapu June... View Details
        • October 2024
        • Case

        Sacoor Brothers: From Co-Family CEOs to No Family CEOs?

        By: Lauren Cohen, David Ager and Alpana Thapar
        Sacoor Brothers, a luxury clothing retail company, was founded in 1989 in Lisbon, Portugal, by four brothers—Malik, Salim, Rahimo, and Moez. After establishing a strong presence in Portugal, the brothers were drawn to the rapidly growing retail markets in the Middle... View Details
        Keywords: Growth; Geographic Mobility; Family Office; Professionalization; Institutional Development; Second-generation; Third-generation; Family Business; Private Equity; Investment; Governance; Transition; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Succession; Market Entry and Exit; Family and Family Relationships; Expansion; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; Middle East; United Arab Emirates; Saudi Arabia; Portugal; Jordan; Dubai
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        • October 2024
        • Teaching Note

        El Salvador: Launching Bitcoin as Legal Tender

        By: Laura Alfaro
        Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 322-055. In June 2021, Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s president, surprised the world with the announcement that the country would adopt bitcoin as legal tender, becoming the first nation to do so. Bitcoin was mostly used for trading and had... View Details
        Keywords: Bitcoin; Cryptocurrency; Currency; Financial Strategy; Economic Growth; Governance; Macroeconomics; Assets; Government Administration; Latin America; El Salvador
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